datoen
In Norwegian, "the date" is translated as datoen.
datoen refers to a specific calendar date. When expressing dates formally, you typically follow the pattern of Day + Month + Year. In informal situations, you can use the day followed by the month without mentioning the year.
Which one should you use?
Use datoen when referring to a specific calendar date, but use en dato when referring to an unspecified date.
How does it change in a sentence?
The word datoen is the definite singular masculine form. The suffix -en indicates that the noun is definite. For comparison, the indefinite form is dato, which means "date".
Did you know?
- While datoen refers to the calendar, a romantic date is called en date, which is a direct loanword from English that has become common in modern Norwegian youth slang.
- The Norwegian word dato shares its root with the Latin word 'datum', meaning 'something given', which is why English uses 'data' for given information.
- In Norway, dates are written with dots instead of slashes or hyphens, such as 12.10.2023.
Examples in context
- Eg hugsar datoen då eg åt ein daddel for første gong.I remember the date when I first ate a date.This sentence shows how to use datoen when remembering a specific time.Tatoeba #12607682 by Barend, translation #12607681 by Barend
- Hva er datoen i dag?What is the date today?This sentence is useful for asking what the current date is using datoen.Tatoeba #1763507 by Heipaadeg, translation #332138 by Aerhus
- 21. mai 2022May 21, 2022
- 2. januar 2023January 2, 2023
- 12. desember 2024December 12, 2024
- 21. maiMay 21
- I morgen, 21. maiTomorrow, May 21
- Kan du skrive ned datoen på dokumentet?Can you write down the date on the document?
- 1 more sentence on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Magnus and Emma are planning a meeting.
- MagnusHvilken dag passer for deg?Which day works for you?
- EmmaTorsdag er fint, men hva er datoen?Thursday is fine, but what is the date?
- MagnusDatoen er den fjortende mai.The date is the fourteenth of May.
- EmmaDet passer perfekt for meg.That works perfectly for me.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
